Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 9/16/2019

Quick Links

• As Hurricanes Continue to Wreak Havoc, Disaster Recovery Is Still A Broken Landscape for Small Cities

• LA Port Director Discusses Local Effects of US-China Trade War

• Deadly Red Light Crashes Reach 10-Year High, AAA Says – Connect with Advisory Board member Verra Mobility to learn more about life saving red light cameras.

Ideas for Cities

• Don’t Move People Out of Distressed Places. Instead, Revitalize Them

• French city of Dunkirk tests out free transport – and it works

• What Happened After a School District Began Feeding Students Breakfast in Classrooms – Decreased tardiness, more time in class, and higher graduation rates.

News for Democrats

• Bustos Announces DCCC Senior Staff, With New Female Executive Director

• Democrats target suburban voters in key battlegrounds ahead of 2020

• Democrats clash on health care and immigration in third debate

DMO Update

• DMO will be hosting a booth at the Illinois Municipal League this weekend.

• California DMOs will be hosting their chapter call at 2pm this Friday. Email Oliver.Judd@NationalDMO.org for details.

• DMO will be holding our annual Board Retreat in beautiful Detroit next week.

Pic of the Week

UAW workers have gone on one of the largest strikes in recent history. Read DMO’s statement in support of the auto workers.